Jazz House: A history of the saxophone part one: tenor

On the 9th November 2011 BBC Radio Scotland's Jazz House broadcast one of their "A history of..." series during which Richard Michael dissects a key jazz instrument in front of a live studio audience. The omni saxophonist was Gordon McNeil, with Richard Michael at the piano. The saxophonists and their styles illustrated were Johnny Hodges, Colman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Charlie Parker, Paul Desmond, John Coltrane ending with Scotland's own Joe Temperley.

Over the next four days here on the blog, we'll give you another chance to hear about the alto, baritone, and first of all, the tenor, saxophone...